dæghwamlice

Old English

Etymology

From dæg +‎ hwam +‎ -līċe.

Adverb

dæġhwāmlīce

1. daily
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

     ...ac wæs getiðod þisum ealdan men; forðam þe hit is be him awriten, þæt he cwæde dæġhwāmlīce on his gebedum, "Ela, hwænne cymð se Hælend?

     ...but it was granted to this old man; for of him it is written, that he said daily in his prayers, "Ah! when will the Saviour come?

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"

     ...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum...

     Then lay there a cripple, lame from childhood, who was daily carried to the 'Beautiful' Gate, that he might receive alms from those entering.

2. every day
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

     Mid þǣre bēne hē belēac ealle þā ġelēaffullan þe þurh þāra apostola bodunge ġebugon tō Cristes ġelēafan, and ġīet būgaþ dæġhwāmlīce oþ þisse weorolde ġeendunge.

     With that prayer, he included all the believers who converted to Christ's religion, and will convert every day until the end of this world.

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dæg-hwamlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.